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Russia defends arms sales to Syria - 18 May 2013
London, May 18 (ANI): Russia has defended its arms sales to Syria, saying it is for purely defensive purposes.The statement from Russia came after reports... of a new international peace conference on Syria, the report added. (ANI

UN chief regrets experts' inability to visit Syria - 18 May 2013
in Syria, to visit the country."It is regrettable that the team in charge of this investigation was unable to visit Syria and conduct its inquiry on the spot... Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.Lavrov, for his part, maintained the Syria

Putin, Netanyahu to discuss Syria situation - 14 May 2013
in Syria, the Kremlin press service said.Netanyahu is to visit Russia... relations", focusing on the situation in the Middle East and "primarily... Syria... in the previous few days.Netanyahu will discuss Russian weapons supplies to Syria

Internet services shut down in Syria - 15 May 2013
Damascus, May 15 (IANS) Internet services in Syria have been off since early Wednesday, which appears to be a second blackout in a week, reported Al-Jazeera and a pro-opposition activist website.Last week, Internet services were halted

Archaeologists find buildings dating back to 5,000 BC in Syria - 01 Jan 2008
Damascus (Syria), July 17 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a number of round buildings that are eight and half meters high and date back to 5,000 BC, in Syria. The ancient buildings were found at Al-Hasaka governorate, 650

Syria undecided on international peace conference - 15 May 2013
harm national sovereignty, Syria's state news agency SANA reported.Information... met British Prime Minister David Cameron in Sochi last week for talks on Syria. Cameron is currently in the US for further talks on Syria with US President

EU gives $85 mn humanitarian aid to Syria - 13 May 2013
aid to war-torn Syria."The additional funding will be spent inside Syria... in humanitarian aid to Syria."Violence, insecurity and the fight for survival now

Putin, Netanyahu to continue efforts to resolve Syria crisis - 15 May 2013
cooperation in an effort to resolve the situation in Syria, Russian President... conflict in Syria is fraught with pernicious consequences both for that country... not to aggravate the situation in Syria."A negative scenario may only be prevented

Damascus welcomes Russia-US rapprochement on Syria crisis - 09 May 2013
Damascus, May 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Syria's foreign ministry Thursday welcomed... country, state news agency SANA reported.SANA said Syria welcomes..."."Syria stresses that the credibility of the US position on adopting the political

Russia, Britain both want to stabilize Syria: Putin - 10 May 2013
in preserving Syria's territorial integrity and sovereignty, Russian President... range of issues, although it is expected that Syria, which has been one particular... discussed the options for a positive development of a situation in Syria and also

Hezbollah says ready to receive "game-changing weapons" from Syria - 10 May 2013
weapons" from Syria."Israel bombed Syria in order to say that continuing to back... that the source of strength of the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine is Syria... in Lebanon and Palestine," he said."Syria's first response was the decision to grant

Turkey claims having evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria - 11 May 2013
media he has evidence that Syria used chemical weapons against opposition... he now believed there was 'strong evidence' that Syria used gas.Earlier on Friday, Erdogan said he believed Syria had crossed the red line 'a long time ago

Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement between India, Syria - 01 Jan 2008
(BIPA) between India and Syria. The agreement was signed on June 18.  ... increase investment flow between India and Syria. (ANI) 

Assad blasts West claims of chemical weapons in Syria as 'pretext to wage war' - 19 May 2013
that there is evidence of chemical weapons being used in Syria, News 24 reports.However... villages loyal to Assad in Hama in central Syria, Assad vowed that he will never

UN adopts resolution calling for political transition in Syria - 16 May 2013
London, May 16 (ANI): A resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and condemning the government's use of heavy weapons has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The resolution, which is not binding, passed

India abstains from UN resolution on Syria - 16 May 2013
by the UN General Assembly calling for a political transition in Syria, saying... that the leadership of Syria is a matter for Syrians to decide themselves," Mukerji... Syria's borders," he said expressing India's view that "following the settlement

Russia has no plans for new arms sales to Syria: Lavrov - 10 May 2013
Warsaw, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has no plans to supply Syria... to Moscow to cut off arms sales to Syria, after media reports suggested that Russia... in Syria's defensive capacity.The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Israel had

U.S. says Assad can have no post-war role in Syria - 10 May 2013
London, May 10 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would have no role in a political settlement to Syria's conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry has... based on the final communique of a meeting of the UN-backed Action Group for Syria

Washington and Moscow trying to square a circle in Syria (Comment) - 10 May 2013
in Syria, why has the American perspective changed? Even so, it was nice to see... could include members of the Assad regime.If Israeli air strikes inside Syria... appears to be an endorsement of the Lavrov-Assad line on Syria which has

Architectural historians ramping up efforts to restore Syria's historic bathhouses - 01 Jan 2008
Damascus (Syria), August 3 (ANI): Architectural historians are ramping up... in Syria. "The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO has protected the baths... town, and are also trying to refurbish bathhouses in other parts of Syria

UN agency says 1.5 mln people have fled from war-torn Syria - 18 May 2013
in Syria has deteriorated dramatically over the past four months.According

Syria meet unlikely this month - 12 May 2013
Sochi, May 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An international conference between representatives of both sides in the Syrian conflict is unlikely to take place before May end as earlier stated, as there are still too many differences of opinion over the event's format.

Car bomb kills eight in Syria - 19 May 2013
become daily routine in Syria whose government blames the al-Qaeda terrorist

Syria asserts right to respond to Israeli violations - 22 May 2013
between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights. The army destroyed the vehicle... in Syria but caused no casualties. Syria recently accused Israel of helping the rebels

Syria denies involvement in Turkish border town blasts - 13 May 2013
a symposium here Sunday, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said: "Syria didn't... Syria and Turkey.On Saturday, Turkish deputy prime minister Besir Atalay

Conference on Syria settlement very soon: UN chief - 19 May 2013
Kerry that an international conference on Syria at a ministerial level may

Conference on Syria very soon: UN chief - 20 May 2013
with US Secretary of State John Kerry that an international conference on Syria

Syria army regains large part of strategic al-Qussair city - 20 May 2013
of the rebels entrenching inside the city.Last week, Syria's air forces dropped leaflets... Syria's border with Lebanon.The city's proximity to the Lebanese town of Ersal has... in Homs and central Syria as a whole.He said that the weapons that are being funneled

Lavrov, Kerry to meet in Sweden, may discuss Syria - 14 May 2013
Moscow, May 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet on the sidelines of the two-day Arctic Council meeting due to begin in Sweden Tuesday.

Attack on Iran 'would hurt US, Israel', says Syria - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 14 (ANI): A military attack on Iran over its nuclear programme would have grave consequences for the US, Israel and the world, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

U.S. condemns Hezbollah's intervention in Syrian conflict - 21 May 2013
in Syria's central city of al-Qussair.State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell... to escalate violence inside Syria and incite instability in Lebanon," he told reporters... Hezbollah's "active and growing role" in Syria, the White House said.Government

Nine held in Turkey over deadly bombings - 13 May 2013
Ankara, May 13 (IANS) Nine Turks have been arrested over Saturday's deadly bombings in a town near the border with Syria, Turkish deputy prime minister Besir Atalay said Sunday.The twin car bombings killed as many as 46 people and injured

82,000 killed, 12,500 missing after two years of Syrian civil war: Observatory - 13 May 2013
Jerusalem, May 13 (ANI): At least 82,000 people have been killed and 12,500 others are missing after two years of civil war in Syria, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said.According to the monitoring group, most

Syrian crew sets sail on historical circumnavigation of Africa - 01 Jan 2008
London, August 11 (ANI): A group of 20 sailors on Arwad Island off the coast of Syria have set sail on a journey that would involve the circumnavigation..., Syria and other parts of the Mediterranean from about 1200 BC and are widely

95 killed in Syrian violence: Report - 21 May 2013
Damascus, May 21 (IANS) A total of 95 people, including 23 Hezbollah members, have been killed in an intense fighting in Syria's Al-Qussair city since Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday.The toll

Now â??Dhanvershaâ?? for Indian Football Team - 30 Aug 2007
; much higher ranking team Syria by 1-0 in the final match on Wednesday... despite of loosing to Syria in the league match. India had already defeated... minute strike against tournament favourites Syria. Before Indian skipper Bhaichung

India enters the Nehru Cup Final defeating Kyrgyzstan 3-0 - 27 Aug 2007
Syria and hope this will be another exciting match with attacking play as India and Syria has displayed so far in the tournament. In the semifinal match

Iran can be part of solution to Syrian crisis: Egypt - 13 May 2013
an immediate end of violence in Syria, a resolution through negotiations between... timely settlement of Syria's two-year-old political conflict seems all the more unreachable, as Turkey and Israel, two neighbours of Syria, turned further

40 killed, 100 injured in Turkey blasts - 12 May 2013
the main border crossing into Syria, said Turkey's interior minister Muammer Guler... Syria", hurriyetdailynews.com reported.--IANS/RIA Novostisd

UN chief hails peacekeepers' release in Golan Heights - 13 May 2013
between Israel and Syria, has been in the Golan Heights since 1974. It has about... by the rebels at an observation post on the ceasefire line between Syria

Historic African circumnavigation starts from 1st August - 01 Jan 2008
from Syria on 1st August with 20 paying crew aboard.  After navigating down... the west coast, through the straits of Gibraltar and across the Med back to Syria

Oz jihadist charged for issuing 'how-to survive' holy war list on Facebook - 18 May 2013
to Syria and lived with the rebels engaged in the bloody civil war against Muslim... to Syria and engage in jihad to experience the freedom fight taken up against El

40 killed in blasts near Turkish-Syrian border - 12 May 2013
the main border crossing into Syria.-- IANS/RIA Novostisd

Russia could help in resolution of Syrian conflict: US expert - 09 May 2013
League's special envoy to Syria, welcomed the agreement as "a very significant... share some significant common interests with respect to Syria - "stability... of promises of security so that a post-conflict Syria does not look like Iraq

Syrian refugees now exceed 1.5 million: UNHCR - 18 May 2013
of those in need inside Syria and in neighbouring countries.Last December

Israel to keep preventing arms transfer to Hezbollah - 20 May 2013
reported that Syria has placed batteries of its most advanced missiles on standby

One million-year-old camel jawbone find may shed light on animal's evolution - 01 Jan 2008
;The excavators say that they have found a million years old camel jawbone in Syria... of archaeologists that unearthed the bones of a giant camel in Syria, dating back 100,000 years

Disgraced Pak scientist AQ Khan says 'no doubt' N. Korea capable of making nuclear bomb - 11 May 2013
the technology along to Iran, Syria and North Korea, told al-Jazeera English TV that North

US fears hostile Russia can undermine American interests: NYT - 01 Jan 2008
;Although Russia has long supplied arms to Syria, it has held back until now... Russia could cause problems for the United States extends far beyond Syria

Passengers free from the hijacked Turkish aircraft - 18 Aug 2007
to go to Syria. They were two in numbers, NTV reported. TV footage showed

AFC presses for separate entity to run I-league - 08 Apr 2008
, Iran, Qatar, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, China and Australia are the other

UK mulls 35,000-strong British border police force to tackle terrorists, gangsters - 01 Jan 2008
-risk neighbours Iran, Iraq and Syria. Lord Stevens suggested combining

Archaeologists discover three 9,000-year-old skulls in Israel - 01 Jan 2008
of their forefathers.  A similar custom was also identified in Syria, Turkey

India defeats Bangladesh in the fourth match of Nehru Cup - 21 Aug 2007
of the team in the last two matches. In her next match India would face Syria

US report warns increased demand for nuclear energy might lead to proliferation - 01 Jan 2008
Department list, 15 other nations including Algeria, Ghana, Libya, Malaysia, Syria

US diplomat detained in Russia for undercover CIA work - 15 May 2013
Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A US diplomat was briefly detained by Russian counter-intelligence officials after the American was suspected of being an undercover CIA officer and trying to recruit a Russian agent, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said.

Horrific video shows rebel eating Syrian government soldier's heart - 15 May 2013
the atrocious act in the video was inexcusable."It is not enough for Syria's opposition

US tight-lipped on Russia 'spy' arrest - 15 May 2013
an international conference on Syria."We have a very broad and deep relationship

Russia protests to US over spy (Changing dateline) - 15 May 2013
Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Wednesday lodged an official protest with the US ambassador over an embassy official who Moscow says is an undercover CIA officer.

CIA 'spy row' won't affect ties with US: Russian senator - 16 May 2013
: the situation in Syria, the Korean Peninsula, Afghanistan and rearmament," Klimov

Prehistoric funerary precinct excavated in northern Israel - 01 Jan 2008
Syria. "Cultic artifacts, installations and their contextual associations

US bid to her interests in Middle East - 31 Jul 2007
as Iran, Iraq and Syria. Total deal amounts to $ 60 bn. Another purpose behind

Salman Khurshid to visit Saudi Arabia on May 24 - 14 May 2013
to the Middle East and including issues relating to Syria as well as other matters of common

Neanderthals grew quickly, but reached sexual maturity later - 01 Jan 2008
, respectively, from Dederiyeh Cave in Syria. In addition, the scientists reconstructed

Scientists behind 'doomsday seed vault' ready the world's crops for climate change - 01 Jan 2008
, Sri Lanka, and Syria.  Scientists will be screening chickpea and wheat

Mathematical model pushes back crop development by 10,000 years - 01 Jan 2008
example of this being the archaeological site Ohalo II in Syria where more than

India all set to take Lebanon in World cup soccer qualifier in Beirut today - 08 Oct 2007
knowledge about them, as they watched them lose 0-1 to Syria in the West Asian... their last three matches (0-1 to Syria, 0-3 to Jordan and 1-1 with the UAE away

Anand crowned undisputed World Champion, regains title after 7 years - 01 Oct 2007
thus far, India beat Syria to win the Nehru Cup on August 29, India whipped

India all set to take revenge against Lebanon - 27 Oct 2007
because of their recent Nehru Cup victory, where they beat higher-ranked Syria

World's report card on equality between men and women - 13 Nov 2007
. Syria, Qatar and Oman are the new entrants to the rankings. Kuwait is the highest